The False Choice Between Family Separation and Detention
(HRW) – As US President Donald Trump ended his appalling mass family separation policy on the US southern border, he claimed a false choice: the US government either needs to separate families that cross the US border or detain them together. But family detention is not the best or only alternative to family separation – other approaches exist that are both just and fair. They are also much cheaper than detention. A problem the US faces is the high rates of no-shows at immigration court for asylum seekers released without…
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